scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2070161

MaRDI QIDQ4463897zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Marcel Herzog, P. Longobardi, M. Maj

Publication date 8 June 2004

zbMATH Keywords

finite length elementsfinite length groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) FC-groups and their generalizations (20F24)

Review text

Let \(x\) be an element of a group \(G\). An `\(x\)-basis of \(G\) of length \(n\)' is a sequence \((x^{g_1},\dots,x^{g_n})\) such that \(x^{g_i}\not\in\langle x^{g_1},\dots,x^{g_{i-1}}\rangle\), for \(i=2,\dots,n\), and \(x^G=\langle x^{g_1},\dots,x^{g_n}\rangle\). The maximum length of an \(x\)-basis, if it exists, is called the `length' of \(x\) and written \(\ell_G(x)\). Define \(\ell(G)\) to be the maximum of \(\ell_G(x)\), \(x\in G\), if this exists. The class of groups \(G\) such that \(\ell(G)\leq n\) is denoted by \({\mathcal T}_n\). In the present article the authors give a survey of recent work on the classes \({\mathcal T}_n\), especially for \(n\leq 3\). The paper concludes with a list of open problems. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1032.20001].

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